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| In Press | Kirschel, A. N. G., D. T. Blumstein, R. E. Cohen, W. Buermann, T. B. Smith, and H. Slabbekoorn. Birdsong tuned to the environment: green hylia song varies with elevation, tree cover, and noise. Behavioral Ecology. |
| In Press | Berg, E. C., J. E. McCormack, and T. B. Smith. Test of an adaptive hypotheses for egg speckling along an elevational gradient in a population of Mexican jays (Aphelocoma ultramarina). Journal of Avian Biology. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-048X.2008.04632.x. |
| 2009 | Calsbeek, R., W. Buermann, and T. B. Smith. Parallel shifts in ecology and natural selection in an island lizard. BMC Evolutionary Biology 9: 3. PDF |
| 2008 | McCormack, J. E., B. S. Bowen, and T. B. Smith. Integrating paleoecology and genetics of bird populations in two sky island archipelagos. BMC Biology 6: 28. PDF |
| 2008 | McCormack, J. E., and T. B. Smith. Niche expansion leads to small-scale adaptive differentiation along an elevation gradient in a medium-sized passerine bird. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 275: 2155-2164. PDF |
| 2008 | Karubian, J., T.S. Sillett, and M.S. Webster. The effects of delayed plumage maturation on aggression and survival in male red-backed fairy-wrens. Behavioral Ecology doi:10.1093/beheco/arm159. PDF |
| 2008 | Karubian, J. Changes in breeding status are associated with rapid bill darkening in male red-backed fairy-wrens Malurus melanocephalus. Journal of Avian Biology 39: 81-86. PDF |
| 2008 | Karubian, J. and L. Carrasco. Home Range and Habitat Preferences of the Banded Ground-cuckoo (Neomorphus radiolosus). Wilson Journal of Ornithology 120(1):205–209. PDF |
| 2008 | Tori, W.P., R. Duraes, T.B. Ryder, M. Anciaes, J. Karubian, R.H. Macedo, J.A.C. Uy, P.G. Parker, T.B. Smith, A.C. Stein, M.S. Webster, J.G. Blake, and B.A. Loiselle. Advances in sexual selection theory: insights from tropical avifauna. Neotropical Ornithology 19 (Suppl): 151-163. PDF |
| 2007 | Karubian, J., L. Carrasco, D. Cabrera, A. Cook, and J. Olivo. Nesting biology of the banded-ground cuckoo. Wilson Journal of Ornithology 119: 222-228. PDF |
| 2007 | Calsbeek, R., C. Bonneaud, S. Prabhu, N. Manoukis, and T. B. Smith. Multiple paternity and sperm storage lead to increased genetic diversity in Anolis lizards. Evolutionary Ecology Research 9: 495-503. PDF |
| 2007 | Calsbeek, R., and T. B. Smith. Probing the adaptive landscape using experimental islands: density dependent natural selection on lizard body size. Evolution 61: 1052-1061. PDF |
| 2007 | Chaves, J. A., J. Pollinger, T. B. Smith, and G. Lebuhn. The role of geography and ecology in shaping the phylogeography of the speckled hummingbird (Adelomyia melanogenys) in Ecuador. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 43: 795-807. PDF |
| 2007 | Calsbeek, R., T.B. Smith, J.H. Knouft, and C. Bardeleben. Intraspecific variation in Anolis sagrei mirrors the adaptive radiation of Greater Antillean anoles. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 90: 189-199. PDF |
| 2007 | Karubian, J., L. Carrasco, D. Cabrera, A. Cook, and J. Olivo. Nesting biology of the banded ground-cuckoo (Neomorphus radiolosus). The Wilson Journal of ornithology 119: 222-228. PDF |
| 2006 | Calsbeek, Ryan and Erin Marnocha. Context dependent territory defense: the importance of habitat structure in Anolis sagrei. Ethology 112: 537-543. PDF |
| 2006 | Calsbeek, R., J.H. Knouft, and T.B. Smith. Variation in scale numbers is consistent with ecologically based natural selection acting within and between lizard species. Evolutionary Ecology 20: 377-394. PDF |
| 2005 | Karubian, J., J. Fabara, D. Yunes, J.P. Jorgenson, D. Romo, and T.B. Smith. Temporal and spatial patterns of macaw abundance in the Ecuadorian Amazon. Condor 107: 617-626. PDF |
| 2004 | Calsbeek, R., and B. Sinervo. Within clutch variation in offspring sex determined by differences in sire body size. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 17: 464-470. PDF |
| 2003 | Karubian, J., G. Castañeda, J. F. Freile, R. T. Salazar, T. Santander, and T. B. Smith. Nesting biology of a female Long-wattled Umbrellabird Cephalopterus penduliger in north-western Ecuador. Bird Conservation International 13: 351-360. PDF |
| 2003 | Karubian, J., G. Casteneda, J.F. Freile, T. Santander, and T.B. Smith. Breeding biology and nesting behavior of the long-wattled umbrellabird Cephalopterus penduliger in northwestern Ecuador. Bird Conservation International 13:351-360. PDF |
| 2003 | Sinervo, B., and R. Calsbeek. Physiological epistasis, ontogenetic conflict and natural selection on physiology and life history. Integrative and Comparative Biology 43 (3): 419-430. PDF |
| 2003 | Calsbeek, R., and T. B. Smith. Ocean currents mediate evolution in island lizards. Nature 426: 552-555. PDF |
| 2003 | Calsbeek, R., J.N. Thompson, and J. Rchardson. Patterns of molecular evolution and diversification in a biodiversity hotspot: the California Floristic Province. Molecular Ecology 12: 1021-1029. PDF |
| 2002 | Karubian, J. and A. Alvarado. Testing the function of petal displays in the red-backed fairy-wren. Emu 103:87-92. PDF |
| 2002 | Karubian, J. Costs and benefits of variable breeding plumage in the red-backed fairy-wren. Evolution 56(8): 1673-1682. PDF |
| 2002 | Slabbekoorn, H., J. Ellers, and T. B. Smith. Bird song and sound transmission: The benefits of reverberations. Condor 104: 564-573. PDF |
| 2002 | Calsbeek, R., and B. Sinervo. Uncoupling direct and indirect components of female choice in the wild. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 99: 14897-14902. PDF |
| 2002 | Slabbekoorn, H., and T. B. Smith. Bird song, ecology and speciation. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, London 23: 1-11. PDF |
| 2001 | Karubian, J. and J.P. Swaddle. Selection on females can lead to ‘larger males’. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London (B) 268: 725-728. PDF |
| 2001 | Karubian, J. Social organization and mating system of the Striated Grasswren. Condor 103:412-418. PDF |
| 2000 | Swaddle, J.P., J. Karubian, and S. Pruett-Jones. A novel pattern of reversed sexual dimorphism in fairy-wrens: implications for sexual selection. Behavioral Ecology 11: 345-349. PDF |
| 2000 | Wetterer, J.K., A.L. Wetterer, C. Rumbaitis-del Rio, C. Chang, G. Vega, L.L. Manne, J. Aukema, J. Karubian, A. Sloan, and M. Desai. Diel shifts in treehopper-tending by wasps and ants in Costa Rica. Sociobiology 36: 123-131. |
| 2000 | Hall, L.S., and J. Karubian. Breeding behavior of the elegant trogon in southeast Arizona. Auk 113:143-150. PDF |